John Browne (Wexford, Fianna Fail)
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45. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the estimated total cost of new councillor numbers in Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27986/13]

Phil Hogan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)
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The total cost of allowances for additional councillors in the Dublin local authorities is currently estimated to be around €1.5 million per annum. This additional cost will arise from reducing the degree of representational imbalance currently in the Dublin authorities and should also be viewed in the context of overall savings in allowances, which are currently estimated at €3.68 million per annum , which will arise from the reduction of 1,627 local authority members nationally to 949.